At the time of writing, Equity Lifestyle Properties Inc [ELS] stock is trading at $64.92, down -0.87%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The ELS shares have gain 1.36% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -5.07%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Equity Lifestyle Properties Inc [NYSE: ELS] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on April 08, 2025, when Jefferies initiated its Buy rating and assigned the stock a price target of $80. Previously, BMO Capital Markets upgraded its rating to Outperform on April 04, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $78. On January 21, 2025, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Buy and revised its price target to $73 on the stock. Truist upgraded its rating to a Buy. Jefferies upgraded its rating to a Buy and raised its price target to $80 on January 02, 2025. Jefferies started tracking with a Hold rating for this stock on October 17, 2024, and assigned it a price target of $72. In a note dated September 19, 2024, Wells Fargo upgraded an Overweight rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $70.50 to $82.
For the past year, the stock price of Equity Lifestyle Properties Inc fluctuated between $58.86 and $76.54. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $72 within the next 12 months. Equity Lifestyle Properties Inc [NYSE: ELS] shares were valued at $64.92 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 10.91% based on the average ELS price forecast.
Analyzing the ELS fundamentals
According to Equity Lifestyle Properties Inc [NYSE:ELS], the company’s sales were 1.54B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 3.24% jump. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.42% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.38%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.23%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.25%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.07, Equity is 0.25 and Total Capital is 0.1. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 1.84.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 64.33 points at the first support level, and at 63.73 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 65.73, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 66.53.
Ratios To Look Out For
Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 8.44, the price to book ratio is 7.13 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 34.43.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Seavey Paul, Member of immediate family of, that happened on Nov 12 ’24 when 59985.0 shares were purchased. EVP & Chief Financial Officer, Seavey Paul completed a deal on Sep 17 ’24 to sell 31988.0 shares. Meanwhile, President and CEO NADER MARGUERITE M sold 33000.0 shares on Sep 16 ’24.
